Yubikey Neo Teardown and Durability Review

An anonymous reader writes: Folks at HexView (disclaimer: I contract for the company) took apart Yubikey Neo and found out that, while the key uses solid hardware to ensure secure identity management, its physical anti-tamper measures and durability could be improved. The tear-down analysis is short, but to the point, and offers some very nice close-ups of the internals. One example of the design shortcomings they've identified: Contrary to Yubico's claims, Yubikey appears to be quite destructable. Do not push on it when you touch the sensor while the key is plugged in to a USB port. The point where it bends the most happens to be the point where USB vias are located and through which NFC antenna loop goes. To make things worse, the injection molding hole right next to the connector makes this area even more susceptible to bending.

Comments

Re:Okay, what is it?

[ZombieDonut]

Haha, I thought the same thing, "They're certainly talking about something... something that... uhhh... apparently is made like crap?" I would've claimed this to be corporate shill, but the article isn't flattering, and this would be the worst advertisement ever. I get more information from late night drug commercials than this.

Re:Stupid question: how do you use it?

[wonkey_monkey]

So you plug the device into an SSH port

Are you from TRON?